Kausik Bandyopadhyay

Reader ,

Department of History,
West Bengal State University,
Berunanpukuria, Malikapur,
Barasat, 24 Pgs (N), Kolkata- 700 126
West Bengal, INDIA
E-mail: kbanjee@yahoo.co.in

Research:

Ph.D. on “Football in Bengali Society and Culture: A Study in the Social History of Football in Bengal, 1911-1980” at the Department of History, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

Areas of Interest :

Social and Cultural History of Modern India, Popular Culture in South Asia, History of Sport, Contemporary South Asia

Major Publications:

Books (Authored)

1. Playing for Freedom: A Historic Sports Victory, New Delhi: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies/Standard Publishers, 2008.
2. Playing Off the Field: Explorations in the History of Sport, Kolkata: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies/Towards Freedom, 2007.
3. Khela Jokhon Itihas: Samaj, Sanskriti, Rajniti (When Sport Is History: Society, Culture, Politics) (in Bengali), Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, 2007.
4. A Social History of Indian Football: Striving to Score (Co-author with Boria Majumdar), London: Routledge, 2006 / Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation (co-author with Boria Majumdar), New Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2006.

Books (Edited)

1. Modernities in Asian Perspective (Editor), Kolkata: Setu, 2010.
2. Why Minorities Play or Don”t Play Soccer: A Global Exploration (Editor), London: Routledge, 2010.
3. Asia Annual 2008: Understanding Popular Culture (Issue Editor), New Delhi: Manohar, 2010.
4. Sikkim”s Tryst with Nathu La: What Awaits India”s East and Northeast (Co-editor with Jayanta Kumar Ray and Rakhee Bhattacharya), New Delhi: Anshah, 2009.
5. Fringe Nations in World Soccer (Co-editor with Sabyasachi Mallick), London: Routledge, 2008.

Articles:

1. “Confronting Western cultural imperialism: soccer, modernity and nationalism in colonial India”, in Modernities in Asia Perspective, edited by Kausik Bandyopadhyay (Kolkata: Setu, 2010): 173-98.
2. “Legacies of Colonial Culture: Modern Sports in Colonial Bangladesh”, The Journal of Social Studies, No. 124 (October – December 2009): 1-29.
3. “In search of an identity: The Muslims and football in colonial India”, Soccer and Society, Vol. 10, No. 6 (November 2009).
4. “Uncovering the sleeping giant syndrome: India in Olympic football”, Sport in Society, Vol. 12, No. 6 (August 2009): 792-810.
5. “Sport, Subalternity and the Vernacular in South Asia”, Calcutta Historical Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2 (July-December 2007) (published in January 2009).
6. “Towards a Professional Identity: Soccer as Career Option in Contemporary Manipur”, in Jayanta Kumar Ray and Rakhee Bhattacharya (eds.), Development Dynamics in Northeast India (Delhi: Anshah Publications, 2008): 163-185.
7. “Feel Good, Goodwill and India’s Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004: Cricket, Politics, Diplomacy in Twenty-First Century India”, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 25, No.12 (October 2008): 1654-1670.
8. “‘The nation and its fragments’: football and community in India”, Soccer and Society, Vol. 9, No. 3 (July 2008): 377-393.
9. “Cricket as Confidence Building Measure: Sports, Culture and Regional Cooperation in South Asia”, Man & Development, Vol. XXX, No. 1 (March 2008): 121-132.
10. “Pakistani Cricket at Crossroads: An Outsiders Perspective”, Sport in Society (London: Routledge), Vol. 10, No.1 (January 2007): 101-119.
11. “Sports History in India: Prospects and Problems”, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 22. No. 3-4 (2005): 708-721.
12. “In Search of a Football Ground in Twentieth Century Urban Bengal”, Soccer and Society, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2005): 69-78.
13. “Where the Twain Shall Ever Meet: Sport and Education as Cultural Bond in Colonial and Post-Colonial India”, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Kolkata: The Scottish Church College), Vol. 2 (2005): 114-136.
14. “1911 in Retrospect: A Revisionist Perspective on a Famous Indian Sporting Victory”, in J.A.Mangan and Boria Majumdar (eds.), Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present, International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 21, Nos. 3-4 (2004): 363-383.
15. “Imperial and Post-Imperial Congruence: A Challenge to Ideological Simplification” (with J. A. Mangan, De Montfort University, UK), in J.A.Mangan and Boria Majumdar (eds.), Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present, International Journal of the History of Sport (London: Routledge), Vol. 21, Nos. 3-4 (2004): 402-429.
16. “Cricket as Everyday Life: World Cup 2003” (with Boria Majumdar, De Montfort University), Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai: Sameekhsha Trust), Vol. XXXIX, No. 14-15 (April 3-10, 2004): 1450-1453.
17. “Race, Nation and Sport: Footballing Nationalism in Colonial Calcutta”, Soccer and Society (London: Frank Cass), Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 2003): 1-19.